How to receive RSSL_MC_REFRESH message every 15 mins

jerrymao
jerrymao
in Elektron

I'm using the ETA api to get market price update (level 1). I'm wondering, if I'm only interested in RSSL_MC_REFRESH message, and want to receive it every 15 minutes, how can I do that?

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  • Gurpreet
    Gurpreet
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    @jmao1 You can issue a snapshot request, instead of streaming request, which will result in getting the image response only. This will require that your application request a new snapshot periodically - 15 mins.

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  • jerrymao
    jerrymao

    @Gurpreet. Can this be automated by the code? i.e. setup a timer, and send a request for snapshot every 15 mins?

  • Gurpreet
    Gurpreet

    Yes, timer just as any other event can be used to trigger a request for snapshot.

  • jerrymao
    jerrymao

    I see, I will take a look. Thanks for the help!

  • jerrymao
    jerrymao

    @Gurpreet. I didn't find where and how can I setup a timer for the snapshot request, can you point me to the right place?

    Thanks!

  • Gurpreet
    Gurpreet

    @jmao1 The timer is not the part of API. You will have to create a timer and handle timer event, to request a snapshot.

    You can use system timers from OS for this. In Windows or Linux timer_create() and timer_settime() to arm/disarm the timers, or you can use third party library like Boost to create cross platform timers.

    In the timer callback, encode and send the MarketPrice snapshot request.

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